The Dickinson press., 1887-08-06
HOT WEATHER DRINKS.
| BEVERAGES SUITABLE FOR NINETY
DEGREES IN THE SHADE.

OCVGnA0C0 SOl ABLE fOR NlNEI Y
DEGREES IN THE SHADE.
What the Metropolis Offers in the Way
of Cooling Drnks-So,la Water and
Kindred Innoccncc-1 Mineral Waters,
Syrups aud Nerve Foods.
What does this big town offer in the way
of cooling drinks. Well, start from the low
est round of tue ladder in LIQUID refreshments
an! You have--water. There are several
fountains i'll the city which run a crystal
thread of Croton. But this is an elemental
drink that is chiefly patronzcd by the nurse
maids, babies and young Modocs. Ice water
at Il meal is Il common American drink. AT
some OF tho restaurants they freeze the water
i'll the calafc. Tho next step is--wutcr But
the first was that. Yes, but this is pure wa
ter, and the infusoria and microscopic vegc-
table matter is left out All sorts of patent
and proprietary spring waters urc Oh tap at
the thousands of fountains around town.
Peopc who do not care to take their water
straight can have it seasoned with soda, lime
juice, calisaya, ginger ale and ginger wines
aud vichy.
The next stage is mineral waters There is
ah immense list of these, some astringents,
some tonics. AS II rule they nrc munufact-
urcd. The water of celebrated springs like
Nichy, Kissingen, Hathorn ut Saratoga and
others have been analysed, and the chemical
proportions uscertaincd, Then pharmuceu-
tical art does what nature does for the water.
Iiudnuts, the most famous place in the world
for soda water and kindred innocence, has a
long list Of these waters, most of which are
CflprvCScnnt Ia, l,y
Thermometer, which is quoted universally
by the local press, aud lie tones the weather
stricken down by myriad drinks. Here are
some of the mineral waters:
APERIENTs AND TONES
Congress, Empire, Kissingen, tartrate Of
soda; Deep Rock and Saratoga (Nichy), sclt-
ger, Gettysburg aud bitter kissngen, all of
Which are aperents especially the last Tie
bitterness is duo to the suphato of masncsia
Vichy and Lithia make IL good drink for per-
sons whose kidneys are out of gear. So, too,
bethesda, the famous spring at Waukcsha,
Wis, which is put up and sent all over the
country. Iron water is tonic 1t has a
taste of rusty nails and is slightly insipi,l un-
less taken very cold. Ono of the best springs
at Manltou, that lovely resort in Colorado,
which lsperched Mt the mouth Of n canyon, is
OF iron water. The Blue Lick sulphur spring,
Kentucky water, las Il larger proportion of
sulphur than any of the waters. There is,
however, a spring Of sulpLurettc,l hydrogen
at BeckS, three miles from Salt Lake CITY.
utah, which is SO strong that quailing glass
OF It's water Is like drinking II hard bolled
egg III ought to satisfy hunger us well as
Ih1rst. lhc Gettysburg, from the historic
war ground OF Pennsylvania: the Bethesda,
the GeyStr and the Poland are the natural
waters MS rule. Nirhy is n good corrective
OF the acldlty which sometimes accompanies
full meal. Vichy and calis;.ya make {. good
tonic and appetizer
After mineral waters come small beer. the
nrtless mineral vegetable beer known to chill.
drcn forty years ago, and still cxtunt, sn,sa.
parllla, root and pop. Weiss beer is some.
what of tho nat,lrc of pop. Then come tin
drinks which arc distilled from the elaborate
monuments of marble and silver found in the
druggists. Soda water is Il great American
beverage. 1t is u drink that ladies' take to
kindly. A young woman will call for vanilla
soda, take the frothy beuier in her hand
gloved i'll Swedish kid, absorb three sins
while she convubivcly clings to her music
roll, four boxes tied up with pink string, n
box of chocolates, an,lmbrclla and her pocket
book with her left arm, then deposit the glas:
OH tue counter to rally from the Intoxicating.
draught, talie another header and consume
five swallows more, bring tho glass to rest
again, and SO OH.
sYRUrs AND NERVE FOODS
| Tho list of syrups is long. Coffee, clloco.
late, ginger, strawberry, orEent (almon,p,
pineapple, vanilla the prime favoritv), rasp.
berry, lemon, sal;s;.rarlla, catawba sp,c,
wild cherry, hook, French culrant, tea GIN
ger ale, caret, maple, cream, nectar, apricot.
blackberry, red orange and malt You pay
your money md You take your choice, or
rather you take your cloic. and then pav
your money, as tho pay varies Slightly accord
ing to the choice, and may he five cents or n
blooming quarter.
Garrick punch, cggno;y, milk punch and
broadway punch also figure on the list Then
there is another list of the health promoters
In this one finds wine OF coci, ..itll orange,
elixir Of calisaya bnrs, coca cnlisaya c;llisayl
and iron, wine of pepsinc, beef wine and
iron, angosturn bitters, cayenne ginger extra
hot, nerve foods by the dozen, plosphn.cs
and kumyss. The pellsnc, as the name ill.,
dicates, is Il digester 1t is usually made from
the gastric juice Of n hogs stomach. In
France they use q cafs stomach for the pur-
pose If there is Il creature on earth whose
uAos3e'S "l'l''"'"o 10 l"i ii' ~ lI!iiaU Dc lllS
hog Can Imagination picture II adyspep,ic
swine! A pig is prptic to the last degree
Cayenne ginger extra hoD is cooler, prob
ably, then the internal fires, but, whew!
fancy n dra,l;;i!t Of this when tho air is I'M
dulaliug to the Pitch Of ~ degrees i'll the
shade! Yet some old bricElined fellows, with
white waistcoats and Manila hats will bolt u
dose of it;s ii II were Mrs Ninsow's soothing
syrup, Gasp! Not they, Nota wink; not
flicker. "ris oil to their torrid stomachs.-
New York Star.